§§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ §¨¨§§¨§§¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨§¨§§¨§§¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§ §¨¨§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ ######################################## §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ~ PROPERTIES ~ ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ~ COLLECTION ~ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§ MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ ~ AS A DRUG ~ ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ONE SPOON ¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ CONFUSING. §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§ ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ ¨ FOUR SPOONS ¨ ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ INCLINED). §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ ¨ SEVEN SPOONS ¨ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ WATER. ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ ¨ NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE ¨ §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ OR NOT FORMED. ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ~ DANGERS ~ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§ THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§ ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ ARE DEAD AND GONE. ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§